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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Leslie GRIFFITHS

Richard Napoleon Griffiths
1864-1919
Alice Louisa Wark
1869-1916
Edward Chalker
1870-????
Elizabeth Jane Whittaker
1877-1965

William Leslie GRIFFITHS
1920-1957


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Historical events

Birthday November 6, 1920

  • The temperature on November 6, 1920 was between -0.4 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • May 5 » Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
    • May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
    • July 20 » The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.
    • November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
    • November 28 » FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France
    • December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.

Day of death December 19, 1957

  • The temperature on December 19, 1957 was between 2.1 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
    • January 1 » George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
    • January 11 » The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
    • May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
    • June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
    • June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
    • July 29 » The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1921 » Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer († 2006)
  • 1924 » Harry Threadgold, English footballer († 1996)
  • 1926 » Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor († 2012)
  • 1926 » Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author († 2012)
  • 1930 » Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist († 2011)
  • 1931 » Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2014)

Source: Wikipedia


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